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The effect of the Magellanic Clouds on the mass distribution in the galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

G. X. Song
G. X. Song*
Affiliation:
Shanghai Observatory, Academia Sinica, Shanghai 200030, People's Republic of China

Abstract

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The disk of the Milky Way suffered from the tidal effect as the Magellanic Clouds were passing by. Numerical stimulations were performed to study the evolution of the mass distribution in this disk. These simulations were run with the galactic disk initially flat, and different sets of the initial position and velocity of the Magellanic Clouds were considered. One of the most conspicuous observational facts is the warp of the disk of the Milky Way. Results show that the characteristics of this warp are related to the orbit of the Magellanic Clouds.

Type
The LMC-SMC-Galaxy System
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 148: The Magellanic Clouds , 1991 , pp. 487 - 488
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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